In this book, Nisbet argues that modern conservatism throughout the West can be seen as a widening of Burke's indictment not only of the French Revolution, but of the larger revolution we have come to call modernity.
Considered the dean of American conservatism, Nisbet (emeritus, Columbia U.; American Enterprise Institute) revises his view of classical liberalism vis a vis social pluralism set forth in the seminal The Quest for Community (1953) in ...
In a time when many claim that conservatives lack a unified intellectual belief system, this book makes a very strong case to the contrary, one that politically-minded readers will find compelling and refreshing.
Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries.
Conservatism: An Obituary
"The sharp polarisation of left and right is commonly dwelt on as the big political handicap of our times. Angry divisions on the right itself get less attention. Conservatism fills that gap.
"Conservatism focuses on an exemplary core of France, Britain, Germany and the United States.
The book chronicles the cultural critics and radical disruptors of the 1920s and 1930s, recounts how advocates of laissez-faire economics broke the post 1945 consensus, and describes how Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and their European ...
At a time when the label "conservative" is indiscriminately applied to fundamentalists, populists, libertarians, fascists, and the advocates of one or another orthodoxy, this volume offers a nuanced and historically informed presentation of ...
The idea that American conservatism is identical to "classical" liberalism—widely held since the 1960s—is seriously mistaken.
Conservatism: Dream and Reality
This is a new edition of a classic work by one of the world’s leading progressive political philosophers.
In Conservatism, Kieron O’Hara presents a thought-provoking revision of the traditional conservative philosophy, here crafted for the modern age.
First published in 1986. This is Volume XI of Mannheim's collected works.
... un homme qui marche seul et dans les tenebres . " 20 In short , the Rationalist is essentially inedu- cable ; and he could be educated out of his Rationalism only by an inspi- ration which he regards as the great enemy of mankind . All ...